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Rare & Collectible Books

Rare & Collectible Books Article

The antiquarian book trade in the United States is an aspect of book collecting and publishing. The term antiquarian, in general, refers to antiquities and collectible items usually considered old and rare, usually in reference to books, but is not limited to books. The word antiquarian could also be used to describe a person who collects rare books or other antique items.

Two key figures who have written largely on the U.S. antiquarian book trade specificically are Leona Rostenberg (1908 - 2005) and Madeleine B. Stern (1912 - 2007), both of whom were also in the business of collecting and selling rare books. Other histories having covered the topic include Isaiah Thomas, writing in 1810 his History of printing in America; Henry Walcott Boynton's Annals of American Bookselling, 1638-1850, first published in 1932; Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt's The Book in America: A History of the Making, the Selling, and the Collecting of Books in the United States (1939).

The antiquarian book trade has roots in Colonial America, and may be considered in the study of American history and literature, print culture, and book history. Antiquarian book fairs have long been an important aspect of the trade. Today, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) is the primary organization of the trade in the United States. Other organizations include the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP). The Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is the premier institution for those seeking an advanced education in the field.

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(4) MIDNIGHT GRAFFITI- Stephen King & H. Ellison et al
$13.95
Napoleon from Corsica to St. Helena John Stoddard 1897
$19.98
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARMY NAVY BATTLES MAPS 1886 RARE --
$39.00
Lust for Life by Irving Stone (1935)
$10.00
LIFE OF GENERAL U S GRANT 1885 CIVIL WAR UNION BATTLES
$75.00
Edward Lear's Birds Susan Hyman 1980
$25.00
1923 RARE 1ST ED THE BLUE BOOK OF THE SCREEN FILM STARS
$9.50
Antique Book Geological Survey Illinois Volume V & VIII
$24.99
Principles of Radio: Keith Henney: signed:1955
$2.22
LETTERS OF MAX BEERBOHM 1892-1956 - Hb Dj - 1ST Print
$7.95
HANGING CIELING LIGHT
$10.00
The Bandit of Hells Bend Edgar Rice Burroughs '25 1st
$269.00
RICHARD BURTON MECCA EL MEDINAH ARABIA MAPS 1898 SET VG
$250.00
Years of Grace by Barnes FRANKLIN LIBRARY leather
$19.75
1821 The METHODIST MAGAZINE VOLUME IV New York
$24.99
Doomsday Book, Alecto County Edition, Wiltshire Folios
$175.00
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR ARTISTS
$7.95
Mr Noah and His Family - A Little Golden Book
$4.99
2 "The Bobbsey Twins" books 1913 1915 Laura Hope
$7.50
Eskimo Art ~ Cottie Burland ~ Hb 1973
$9.99
BLACK SLAVE SONGS BOOK 1907 NEGRO AFRICAN LYRICS PLANTA
$79.00
Vintage 1911 LOST ON THE MOON Roy Rockwood Book
$4.99
RARE JOHN M. BROWNING BOOK THE HISTORY OF BROWNING GUNS
$50.00
1891 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
$69.90
Vintage 1910 THROUGH MARS TO SPACE Roy Rockwood Book
$9.99
Wreck of the Somerset Provincetown Advocate 1887
$24.50
Vulgaris, Ron van Dongen's second monograph
$75.00
24 Harvard Classics in Green Gilted Covers Non-ExLib
$49.99
SIGNED by JAMES MILLS - HAYWIRE - Hb Dj -True 1ST Print
$7.95
WILLIAM FAULKNER SANCTUARY Story of Temple Drake
$25.00
Now in November by Johnson FRANKLIN LIBRARY leather
$19.75
1929 Curtis Flying Service ground school manual
$9.99
1904 FEUDAL CASTLES PHOTOGRAVURES Legends FINE BINDING
$24.99
1944 illustrated Hebrew for starters New York book
$4.99
The Happy Hollisters #5 and #6 HC VERY NICE
$1.99
1926 Saint Theresa Little Carmelite Nun Rare Book
$9.99
Langston HUGHES Hand-Signed THE LANGSTON HUGHES READER
$199.00
SOVIET MARINE FLAGS STANDARDS GOST-8498-73 BOOK 1975
$99.99
BUFFALO LAND 1872 1ST WILD WEST SPORTS HUNTING ELK DEER
$75.00
HOME SWEET ZOO- 1950's Photo Animal Humor C. Barnes Jr.
$3.50
In Darkest Africa Stanley Vol I complete with maps
$199.00
VINTAE STUARRT LITTLE HARDBACK BOOK//1945
$1.99
ROSES of YESTERDAY and TODAY~1958 VINTAGE Rose Catalog
$3.97
1ST ED. GI JOE ~ THE COMPLETE STORY ~ Large HC with DJ
$18.95
Mystery Men Of Wall Street Book / Earl Sparling 1930
$19.99
Intimations of Immortality: Helen Philbrook Patten:1907
$2.22
JEFFERSON DAVIS PRESIDENT CIVIL WAR 1890 CONFEDERATE
$99.00
The ABC of Desserts 1958 Peter Pauper Press EUC!
$3.00
Machine Drawing Carl Svensen 1928 Illustrated
$9.98
Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys by Geo. W. Peck 1907
$10.00
NEW LONDON, CONN. 2 EARLY POST CARDS
$2.99
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BOOK OF COOKIES 1958 GOOD/COND
$5.99
PICTURES OF LIFE & CHARACTER BY JOHN LEECH-1860'S
$9.95
1833 The Disowned by Edward Bulwer Lytton
$30.00
LARGE PETER PAN WALT DISNEY GOLDEN BOOK
$8.88
1862 Beke - ANCIENT HARRAN - SYRIA - With Route Map
$149.99
1ST EDITION, SIGNED, CABAL BY CLIVE BARKER
$18.95
The Happy Hollisters at Circus Island 1955HC Nice
$1.00
"NATURE AND LIFE"-SERMONS BY ROBERT COLLYER-1867!***
$19.95
St. Augustine & St. Thomas Aquinas
$4.99
2 Red Ryder books HC 1941 & 1946 w/dj
$19.99
Frosty The Snow Man, Annie Bedford copyright 1950 Rare!
$2.99
Morton High School Yearbook Cicero, Illinois 1949
$44.99
1948 PORTSMOUTH OHIO FARM WRIGHTS HATCHERIES HOGS PHOTO
$0.99
LARGE DR DOLITTLE MOVIE CHILDS BOOK 1967
$8.88
VINTAGE Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories
$2.99
(1ST ED) NIGHT VISION 5 -STEPHEN KING, GEORGE RR MARTIN
$17.95
Sri Aurobindo On Himself And On The Mother~1ST EDT 1953
$18.00
ANTIQUE BOOK JUDAISM RELIGION JEWISH FESTIVALS 1923 1
$12.99
Anchor Line Interior Views Caledonia Glasgow New York
$39.99
PROPHECY 1854 APOCALYPSE END OF WORLD REVELATION REVEI
$75.00
cunard cruise ship cookbook first printing 1969 unused
$24.99
Doomsday Book, Alecto County Edition, Dorset Folios
$175.00
1927 EASTMAN KODAK RARE BOOK WITH 66 FILM SPECIMENS
$30.00
The Shy Little Kitten, 1946 Little Golden Book
$2.99
JINGLE BELLS LITTLE GOLDEN 1ST EDITION A #553 RED SPINE
$4.99
John Gordon: Invictus (1981) Juliet Cox Coleman
$3.99
The Young Mrs. Meigs by Elizabeth Corbett
$10.00
HISTORY OF AMERICA 1899 REVOLUTION CIVIL WAR SET LEATHE
$169.00
first edition cookbookcan be yours isbn0-8487-0765-6
$9.99
STANDARD X-RAY COMPANY Catalog of x-rray equip & supply
$1.99
Bodies are Where You Find Them B Halliday GGA R Stanley
$9.99
Phantasmagorey: Signed By Edward Gorey/ Clifford Ross!!
$79.99
The Queen Bee by Edna Lee 1949
$4.24
THE ROLLING STONES A VISUAL DOCUMENTARY
$15.50
World's Greatest Literature, volume 11
$5.00
The Happy Hollisters&the Merry-go-Round Mystery1955HC
$1.00
The Confidential Agent Graham Greene Penguin 515 1945
$9.99
REMBRANDT HIS LIFE, HIS WORK, HIS TIME - MASSIVE (1969)
$30.00
Lion & Carpenter & other tales from Arabian Nights
$10.00
Questions Jews Ask Reconstructionist Mordecai M. Kaplan
$199.99
American Nation: 1904: 25 vol. set: Albert Bushnel Hart
$19.99
Doomsday Book, Alecto County Edition, Cornwall Folios
$175.00
Vintage George Catlin & The Old Frontier H McCracken !
$71.99
Gods and fate in ancient Mexico
$5.00
Doomsday Book, Alecto County Edition, Devonshire Folios
$175.00
Morton High School Yearbook Cicero, Illinois IL 1948
$44.99
(1ST ED) LITTLE KNOWN STEPHEN KING BOOK+H.ELLISON BONUS
$19.95